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Ella Shields (1937)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: British Pathé Creator: Date: Jan. 7, 1937 Topics: Characters, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Songs Subject: Ella Shields Description: Ella Shields, cross dressed and with glasses, singing `I'm Not All There' seated at office desk with several telephones and papers on it. -
Erickson Photo Album, ca. 1917-1971
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Flash! Welcome Fat Stock Show at Wagon Wheel Nite Club
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1936 to 1939 Topics: Bars, Drag queens, Night life Subject: Dave Gold, Del Le Roy, Dot Williams, Golden Devine, Jeane Lane, Johnny Kaye, Lee Norre, Mickey Dell, Murry Pickford, Pete Van, Wagon Wheel -
German actors, some in drag, gather on stage at a party. Photographic postcard, 1930-45.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930? to 1945? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actors, playing a variety of characters, are drinking and in conversation on stage, with lanterns hanging from the layered stage ceiling. A German amateur theatrical (presumably military) group... -
Henri Defreyn in drag as a geisha. Process print after G. Dupont, 19--.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Henri Defreyn performing a parody of Sada Yacco, geisha and actress. The extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. S... -
Hialeah Club: Queens are Wild
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Hialeah Club: Queens are Wild (2)
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Hialeah Club: Would You Believe...I'm a Boy!
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Impersonator Found Slain
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: May 28, 1937 Topics: Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Violence Subject: Edward F. Dolan Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
In the Lives of Men
Collection: Alan Hart Collection Institution: Historical Collections & Archives, Oregon Health & Science University Creator: Hart, Alan Date: 1937 Topics: Chinese Americans, Financial crises, Gold mines and mining, Labor unions, Physicians, Spanish-American War, 1898, Trans men Description: In the Lives of Men by Alan Hart is a fictional novel that portrays the life and career of a dedicated physician. The port town of Fairharbor, vividly depicted in the novel, serves as a stand-in fo... -
Jimmy Slater Presents the Super Follies
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Jimmy Slater: The Incendiary Blonde
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John Lindstrom in drag. Photographic postcard, 19--.
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Meet The Girl Who Became A Man (1937)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: British Pathé Creator: Date: 1937 Topics: FtMs, Gender identity, Masculinities, Transgender people Subject: Peter Alexander (trans man) Description: Peter Alexander, interviewed in Sydney, speaks of his gender transition from female to male. He discusses the aspects of his personality when younger which influenced his decision, his view of wome... -
Members of "Harry Gold's Margate Entertainers", one in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1937.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1937 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The group pose together wearing matching white summer attire and the men also have straw hats. Harry Gold (born Patrick Ricks; 1866-1946) started a troupe of entertainers in Margate as early as 190...